Yonkers man pleads guilty to attempted rape

Deal avoids making victim testify at trial

8:07 PM,
Mar. 12, 2013

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A Yonkers man pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted rape. Prosecutors said he attacked a 53-year-old woman from behind and choked her until she blacked out, then ripped her blouse open and sexually assaulted her.

Deshaun Manners, 33, was arrested Oct. 22 upon his release from the Westchester County jail in Valhalla for a different offense.

The attack occurred after Manners followed the woman for several blocks around 3 a.m. June 18 and was interrupted only after the woman screamed and a witness called 911, prosecutors said. Police arrived and Manners fled, though authorities were later able ...